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154 Priesthood quotes by 88 unique authors

The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years. — John Shelby Spong
My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a… — Colin Firth
So the Negro race has continued, and today is the day of the Negro as far as the world is concerned. They have influenced the… — Warren Jeffs
Fashion is primitive in its insistence on exhibitionism, which withers in isolation. The catwalk fashion show with its incandescent hype is its apotheosis. A ritualized… — Stephen Bayley
SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew… — Ambrose Bierce
The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded… — Pope Paul VI
Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation of… — Angelo Scola
When all the other children of Adam have had the privilege of receiving the Priesthood, and of coming into the kingdom of God, and of… — Brigham Young
Let me give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary… — Brigham Young
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now in the name… — Brigham Young
Pure womanhood plus priesthood means exaltation. But womanhood without priesthood, or priesthood without pure womanhood doesn't spell exaltation. — Harold B. Lee
No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood — Brigham Young
In early Judaism, the priesthood was maintained within various families and passed down from father to son, thus necessitating marriage. But this is the old… — Michael Coren
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human… — Stephen Jay Gould
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't… — Freeman Dyson
The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of… — James Madison
Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself. — Arthur Middleton
The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into… — Iris Murdoch
Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people. — David A. Bednar
One of my favorite activities as a priesthood leader is visiting members of the Church in their homes. I especially enjoy calling upon and talking… — David A. Bednar
Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination. — David A. Bednar
Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ, both… — David A. Bednar
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but… — David A. Bednar
The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission… — David A. Bednar
In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the souls of men. We must do more than learn that this is our… — Henry B. Eyring

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